“If you are not careful, you will soon be counting bars there,” the girl said.

“If you are not careful, you will soon be counting bars there,” the girl said.

(i) What is she referring to?

(ii) What does she mean when she says “If you are not careful…”?

(She says something a little later which means the same. Find that sentence.)

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Solution :-

(i) She was referring to the Central Jail.

(ii) When she said “If you are not careful...” to Velu, she meant that he should not get caught. All he had to do to stay away from jail was to not do something stupid and get caught by policemen.

Answered by Aaryan | 2 years ago
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